The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 291
usician moved a small bowhandled with a sudden and rapid movement. The instruments we have named do not, however, embrace all those inuse in the Middle Ages and the Eenaissance. There certainly were otherswhich, in spite of the most intelligent investigations, and the most judiciousdeductions, are… … Fig. 202.—Triangle of the Ninth Century. (MS. of Saint-Emmeran.) PLAYING-CARDS. Supposed Date of their Invention.—Existed in India in the Twelfth Century.—Their connectionwith the Game of Chess.—Brought into Europe after the Crusades.—First Mention of a Gamewith Cards in 1379.—Cards well known in…
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